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Who Dictates What’s Best For Kids?
You might automatically say “Duh, parents,” but I mean, is that always the case?
Here’s a good essay with the subtitle of “Everyone talks about kids, but no one is helping them.”
I’ve long struggled with this concept and question, and I’m not even a parent. Here is the essential summary of the argument or discussion in the linked post:
Historically, children — who often died very young — were used as labor. It wasn’t until the late 19th century and the development of modern medicine and vaccines that allowed children to survive past infancy that people began to advocate against child cruelty and labor.
Children are so often the rallying cry for political causes: gun laws, the anti-vaccine movement, book bans, tax credits. Arguments both…
